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[BOMBSHELL] "Russian Collusion" - Democrats knew it was a lie from the start

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  1. basso

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    I ain't clicking that, but you could include the author's name for this editorial. it's certainly not news.
     
  2. krosfyah

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    That is incorrect. Thomas Jefferson famously said the voters don't know everything.

    “I am certainly not an advocate for frequent and untried changes in laws and constitutions. But... the spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive... The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented... The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them.”
    Thomas Jefferson, Letter to William Stephens Smith, 1787

    The constitution is absolutely a living breathing document ...as illustrated right out of the gate with the bill of rights. They are all making things up as they go along, past and present, because a lot has changed in society the last 250 years. The founding fathers never imagined automobiles, F-18s, the Internet, or even AI.

    Ah, the old I justify my bad behavior because you do it too argument.

    The issue at hand isn't the age-old argument of is gerrymandering bad.

    The issue is America, both sides, has been gerrymandering for so long that America is now at an inflection point. The issue isn't what's good for the goose is good for the gander. The issue now is the absolutely consolidation of power, which that outcomes is exactly what the founding fathers were trying to prevent. That was literally the whole point of the constitution. If Trump were to run for president for a 3rd term, it's over. He's fully consolidated power and he and his family will never relinquish it and there is nothing you and I can do to stop it, outside of revolution. This is not hyperbole.

    Petty differences between conservatives and liberals is only a distraction at this point from what is really happening.
     

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